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<br />to revise the costs of evaporation ponds for selected liner <br /> <br />materials. <br /> <br />The District is interested in reducing salinity and <br />C) <br />~ providing water from the Quail Creek Project to replace <br />~ <br />~v depletions caused by the evaporation of saline water. <br /> <br />h2~~r_Yir~ig_~iY~r_ggi! - USDA has published a Virgin <br />Valley onfarm salinity report. Implementation of the USDA <br /> <br />program hopefully will be initiated in 1984. <br /> <br />Further Reclamation studies have been programmed to <br /> <br />begin in FY 1984 to investigate the viability of capturing <br /> <br />Lower Virgin River saline underflows and surface flows and <br /> <br />diverting them for industrial use as powerplant cooling <br /> <br />water. Both the State and the Nevada Power Company have <br /> <br />expressed interest in the project. Previous Reclamation <br /> <br />studies were conducted further upstream. <br /> <br />~~ood-Dotsero Springs Unit - Reclamation's preferred <br />plan for study is expected to decrease the salt loading to <br /> <br />the Colorado River by an average of 284,000 tons annually. <br />Brine would be collected from Glenwood and Dotsero Springs <br />and delivered via a 140-mile pipeline to evaporation ponds <br /> <br />for disposal near West Salt Creek on the Colorado-Utah <br /> <br />border. Another disposal alternative is to utilize the sa- <br /> <br />line water for AQUATRAIN. <br /> <br />fri2~=2~g_~~f~~!_~iY~r~_Qgi! - Reclamation and USDA <br /> <br />continue to coordinate planning efforts. <br /> <br />Preliminary <br /> <br />findings indicate canal lining may not be cost-effective, <br /> <br />while a livestock winter watering pipeline would be cost- <br /> <br />-18- <br /> <br />~ <br />